BSCC - Week 8 Prep

IMPORTANT: no class this week!!! (8/28th)

Next class...
LOCATION AND TIME: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm @ Red Rock Cafe (9/04/2010)

Many people could not make it to the previous class, and many other people also might not be able to make it to class this week. So as a result, the Week 8 class is going to be pushed back to Sept 4th.

It will give people who missed last week a chance to catch up, and get feedback on their thumbs.

Homework for Week 8

1. Complete Ch 6 HW: Thumbnails. (if you have not already done so)
2. If you like some feedback on this, please post up your pictures on the forums
   
3. When you are happy with your thumbs, complete CH7 HW.
   
4. Read Chapter 8
5. Bring in any tools or WIP stuff to share your inking process with your fellow comic students! Let's learn from each others' processes!
   

Note: OK.. people have different processes for doing a comic and different ways for inking. It's cool if you really don't want to follow the way described in the book. Just do your process, and bring in the work in progress from that.

Extra Credit:
Do the activity in Ch 7. Here is a very cool examples from here

Agenda for Week 7

1. HW review.. (30 min)
2. Discussion about core chapter (30 min)
3. Break (10 min)
4. Show and Tell: your inking tools/process (30 min)
5. Activity: sharing inking tools (20 pm)

Activity:
I'm going to modify the activity. Bring in some pencil drawings of single panels. They can be copies or your fav panel from our Chip Sunday Comic or just about anything. And we will spend 20 min inking them, while sharing other people's inking tools. I will try to bring in my set of pens. So people can check them out... please do the same if you can =)

For those that ink digitally, hmmm... i really wanna chance to see how that works.. but i guess it would be hard to do in a cafe setting. I guess we could just talk about it... =\

Reference:
http://dw-wp.com/2010/03/teaching-guide-chapter-8/
http://dw-wp.com/2010/03/chapter-8-inking-the-deal/

some sample thumbnails of the Chip comic:

By Ratcabob http://www.ratgirlproductions.com/

BSCC - Week 7 Prep

yay. week 6 was cool.. we followed the agenda pretty close, and finished right on time! i really enjoyed giving and getting some critique on panel/page layout... I really value everyones comments! yay

Sorry that I was pretty mean about make everyone write down your comments. The idea was that the writing down would encourage people to be more specific and detail oriented... did it work? hmmm (please give me some suggestions for the future! =3)


Next class...
LOCATION AND TIME: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm @ Red Rock Cafe (8/21/2010)

Homework for Week 7

1. Read the next chapter... Ch7
2. Complete Ch 6 HW (page 84)
3. Show and Tell: bring in a comic that something special about it's lettering. (no essay this time)
   

Extra Credit:

1. Do the activity in Ch 6.2. It is really important! Here is a video to guide you.
2. If you want the group to give critique on your works.. bring in a copy for someone to take home (could be like.. a print out.. or a link or a digital copy).

Agenda for Week 7

1. HW review.. (30 min)
2. Discussion about core chapter (20 min)
3. Show and Tell: with a focus on lettering (20 min)
4. Break (10 min)
5. Activity: A comic with no pictures (40 pm)

*note: we probably can not finish this last activity in the alloted time.. so finishing it will be HW.

Supplies:

So... from here on out, it seems like that the list of supplies needed is long. I am not going to list them out every time, because 1) the list is not going to change for a while.. and 2) i don't know if people will bring them regardlessly. I think most people might not even own all the supplies! After all, most people use the computer for everything. So just bring what you can and do what you think would help you get the most of this class.

Traditional vs digital.. personally.. im going to try to stick to the book.. I will have plenty of time to "try other things" later. Since I am studying the book now, might as well try to go all the way.

The "Official" Supplies list from the Book:

• Ames Lettering Guide
• mechanical pencil
• T-square
• bristol board
• pens (technical pens, nib pens (if you know how to use them), or pigment markers)
• beveled ruler
• sheet of bristol board (at least 14″ x 17″ in size)
• triangle
• waterproof india ink
• graphic white or white acrylic or gouache for corrections
• brushes for applying blacks and graphic white

info taken from:
http://dw-wp.com/2010/03/teaching-guide-chapter-7/
http://dw-wp.com/2010/03/chapter-7-lettering/

BSCC - Week 6 Prep

there's a lot of hw this week.. so start early!

1. Check this out! (if you have not already) It's the Jack/Jill HW Sample2
   
2. Complete Ch 5 HW
   
3. Read the Ch 6
4. Read the first couple pages of Appendix B (page 237)
5. Show and Tell - mini essay on comic layout!
   

*Instructions on Task 5:
Bring in a comic book and pick out a page (or just bring in a one page comic). Analyze the "one pager" layout like the samples in Ch 6. And write it up! You can type it up or just write up notes on your sketch book.. It could have bullets and/or diagrams... Whatever helps you get your thoughts down.


Agenda for Week 6:

1. Critique of Ch 5 HW (30 min)
   
2. Discussion of Ch 6 core material (30 min)
   
3. Break time! (10 min)
   
4. Discuss the Ch 6 Activity and HW(15 min)
   
5. Show and Tell - mini essay on comic layout (30 min)
   

So... i read over the Activity.. it seemed a lil too involved for a cafe setting.. so we are gonna just talk about it.. and then take it home =)

BSCC - Week 5 Review

This is an extremely chill class.. awesome..

We followed the agenda posted really closely.. so just check that
Some scans of the HW to come! =)

BSCC - Week 5 Prep

LOCATION AND TIME: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm @ Red Rock Cafe (8/7/2010)
(2 hours only)

Please complete these before class

1. Reading of CH 5
2. Closure comics (Chapter 4)
3. Self critique of your HW comic (read the HW critique section on the bottom of this page first)
   

Reminders about the HW:
Just to do thumbnails, not finished pages. But please make them "full" enough to be critiqued.

Supplies you will need:

• bristol board
• office paper
• tracing paper
• ruler

Collectively, this list is what we call “penciling tools”

• graphite pencils: B, HB, and H types
• erasable colored pencils, especially “light blue” ones
• erasers: white plastic and kneaded types
• mechanical pencil

Optional: Bring any thumbnails you might have that you’re struggling to pencil

Note on supplies:
"It’s not so tough to come up with a pencil, but as we go on with the book, having the proper supplies on the proper day will be more and more important so as not to disrupt class with lots of trading, or drag a demo down with too many students who can’t follow along."



Agenda for Class 5

1. 30min - HW Review from Chapter 4
   
2. 30min - Open Discussion on Ch5 Core Material (Pitfalls, Strategies, Tools, and your own experiences. Share any penciling samples you might have brought)
   
3. 10min - Break
   
4. 45min - Activity time (this will be a casual open format; feel free to walk around and look at what other people are doing)
   
5. 15min - Closing remarks

Note: we will not be talking about figure drawing topics from 5.2 (well.. maybe over lunch)

Info taken from:
http://dw-wp.com/2010/03/teaching-guide-chapter-5/
http://dw-wp.com/2010/03/chapter-5-penciling/

BSCC - Week 4 Review

alright kids... two few intro notes

1) sry i made a fuss abut the tables... im paranoid that Red Rock will kick us out.. and i want us to sit closely together.. as to make it easier to hear each other w/o talking too loudly
2) some of us were especially chatty during class.. hmm i understand that we are all friends.. and its like an social thing.. but please dont talk why someone else is presenting their thoughts.. :(

ok.. summary of what we did in Week 4: Bridging the GAP!

1. Round table discussion about the chapters core concepts: Transition and Closure
2. Show and Tell: Some of of fav comics/manga (with a focus on how the artist set up her/his Transitions
3. The Wrong Planet (from Ch3) Steps 3 and 4
   
4. Homework review from previous chapter
5. Comic Jam!